A presentation by Con Roux, commercial manager of the N3 Toll Concession (N3TC) in South Africa. Presented during the annual Road Freight Association Convention 2016, held in Limpopo, South Africa.

1. Effects of crashes on efficiency
of N3 Toll Route
Con Roux

2. So,my point is……

3. Winston Churchill
If you have an important point to make,
don’t try to be subtle or clever.
Use a pile driver.
Hit the point once.
Then come back and hit it again.
Then hit it a third time –
a tremendous whack

4. N3 Toll Concession (RF) Proprietary Limited
• Private, single purpose (RF) company
• Major shareholders: SA Infrastructure Fund (38%); Old Mutual (IDEAS and
FUTUREGROWTH); African Infrastructure Investment Fund; Public Investment
Corporation
• Public Private Partnership with SANRAL
• 30 year concession contract ending 2029
• Traffic, funding and construction risk assumed by N3TC
• R25 billion maintenance and development during project lifetime
• Level 2 BBBEE

5. 1 N3TC/Obligations/Route
2 Crash statistics, types and contributory factors
3 Foreign drivers?
4 Global Decade of Action for Road Safety
5 Initiatives that seem to have yielded results
6 Macro requirements to address road safety
crisis
7 Real cost of crashes
Presentation Overview

7. Concession Contract Obligations
 Finance
 Design
 Construct
 Operate
 Maintain

8. N3 Toll Route
Busiest Economic and Leisure Corridor
•55000 transactions daily.
•Heavies 35% of traffic.
• 60 Million tons per annum.
•Very important leisure corridor.
•Up to 40000 vehicles on peak traffic days.

9. Safety. Convenience. Mobility

10. The “S” Word

11. Crash Overview by vehicle type
Jan to April 2016
Crashes Fatal %Crashes %Fatal Crashes
LV Only 145 13 42,8% 65,0%
LV v/s LV 32 2 9,4% 10,0%
HV Only 78 0 23,0% 0,0%
HV v/s HV 32 1 9,4% 5,0%
LV v/s HV 23 2 6,8% 10,0%
Public 16 0 4,8% 0,0%
Other 5 0 0,3% 0,0%
Unknown e.g. Hit & Run 8 2 2,4% 10,0%
Total 339 20 100% 100%

12. Single heavy vehicle crashes
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
HV Only 284 276 225 262 217 208
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
No.ofCrashes 2010-2015

13. Heavy vehicle vs heavy vehicle crashes
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
HV v/s HV 151 168 135 162 138 95
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
No.ofCrashes 2010-2015

14. Type of Crashes
12%
26%
24%
9%
2%
3%
2%
3%
10%
7%
1% 1%
Type of Crashes January to April 2016
Head - Tail Left Road Rolled Side Swipe Head-On Pedestrian
Animal Multiple Object Related Plaza Damage Jack-Knifed Others

15. Contributory Factors
73%
5%
1% 2% 0%
18%
1%
Contributory Factors: January to April 2016 Heavy Vehicles
Human Object on Road Pedestrian Animal Road Works Vehicle Weather

16. Crashes involving Foreign Drivers
Year
No of Crashes
Foreign Driver
Total crashes
% Crashes involving
foreign drivers
2011 425 1158 36,70%
2012 353 1086 32,50%
2013 420 1109 37,87%
2014 180 1071 16,81%
2015 264 1079 24,47%
Total 1642 5503 29,83%

17. Global Plan for Decade Of Action for Road safety
Launched 11 May 2011
• Worlwide collaboration to combat road
safety crisis
• Address devastating economic and social
impacts of crashes
• Primary aim of stabilising and reducing
road fatalities

18. Global Plan for Decade Of Action for Road safety
• Building Road Safety Management Capacity
• Improving the Safety of Road Infrastructure
and Broader Transport Networks
• Developing the Safety of Vehicles
• Enhancing the Behaviour of Road users
• Improving Post-Crash Care.

19. Global Plan for Decade Of Action for Road safety
• Just passed the halfway mark
• Excellent progress on N3 Toll Route
• Reduction in fatalities from 196 in 2011 to
112 in 2015 (43%)
• Initiatives targeted at 4 of the 5 pillars
• Recognize and applaud role of responsible
players in the Industry

20. Engineering
• National road specifications.
• World class Pavement Management System.
• R1.5billion rehabilitation 2014/16.
• Constant evaluation of engineering solutions.
• De Beers Pass

21. Route Management
• RIMS
• A Route Control Centre staffed 24/7
• A 24/7 Route Patrol Service covers some
1.5million kilometres per annum to:
• assist customers;
• remove hazards;
• secure accident scenes.
• Incident database and analysis to identify and mitigate hotspots
• CCTV surveillance to detect, react to, and manage adverse
weather and incidents

22. Operations
• RIMS and Focus Group Meetings
• Post-incident assessments
• Mpofana PPP
• Roadblocks
• Public transport compliance
• Disaster management
• SAPS
• Alcohol enforcement
• Drug screening

23. Operations (contd)
• RTMC – Pilot dedicated NTP enforcement unit for N3
• Average speed over distance enforcement
• Snow Protocol
• Training and Simulations
• Driver Wellness
• Eye law enforcement
• Registration plates – defeating the ends of justice
• Dangerous goods compliance
• Fleetwatch Brake & Tyre Watch

24. RIMSFocus Group Initiated
Alcohol Enforcement
2016 Area
No
Screened
N3
Arrests
Off N3
Arrests
January All 1832 6 66
February All 1498 10 39
March All 1951 14 76
April All 1548 13 48
May All 0 0 0
June All 0 0 0
July All 0 0 0
August All 0 0 0
September All 0 0 0
October All 0 0 0
November All 0 0 0
December All 0 0 0
Total: 6829 43 229
PERCENTAGE: 3.98%

25. RIMSFocus Group Initiated
Drug Screening
Area
No
Screened
N3
Arrests
Off N3
Arrests
Jan All 18 1
Feb All 27 3
Mar All 33
Apr All 25 1 1
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
Total: 103 1 5
PERCENTAGE: 5.83%

26. Communication
• Variable message signs keeping customers
informed
• Twitter handle @N3Route that allows
communication with our customers (58 000
followers) 24/7 real time
• SMS
• Mobile App
• Facebook
• N3TC website
• Mobility publication

27. Macro requirements
• Visionary leadership and accountability
• Self-regulation (including driver
competence/wellness & vehicle fitness)
• Attitudinal change
• Pro-active 24/7 law enforcement
• Effective prosecution

28. Obvious cost of crashes on efficiencies
• Road closures
• Delays / Economic loss
• Damage to road and infrastructure
• Environmental harm
• Lives lost
• Injuries

29. Real cost of crashes (contd)
• Reputational damage to the industry
• Failure to attract suitable entrants to
the industry
• Increased cost of business for SA Inc
• Human element

30. Conclusion
• Progress made in reducing crashes
• Still a very long way to go
• Compelling economic factors taking up
the time and attention of the industry
• There is still much we need to do
together to reduce crash-related
inefficiency on the N3 Corridor

31. End
Thank you